The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-05-19
SPIRIT OF THE NEWS.

Louis Hvactnthe. the french come
dian, is dead, aged 73.
Samuel Cousins. Il. A., the engraver
is dead. He was So years old.
Miss Braddon can claim her jubilee.
She is publishing her fiftieth volume.
The Congregationalist ministers of
London have declared against coercion.
Emperor Williams physicians have
advised him not to 60 to Gastein this
year.
Mrs. Marie Danos of Louisiana has
been granted a patent for cotton cul-
tivator.
Nine. Nilsson loves her husband, but
being business woman, retains entire
control Of her fortune.
Gen. Boulanger has drafted bill for
an experimental mobilization of the
French army next October.
The University for the Higher Edu-
cation Of Women at st. Petersburg has
been closed by order Of the Car.
A bright young niece of Maria Mitch
ell, of Vassar is one Of the proof-read-
ers on the new Century dictionary
A gang Of counterfeiters is reported
to be following up tie races this year
and engaged in circulating spurious sill
yer coin.
1t is rumored that the Russians are
collecting supplies at Chardjui. about
200 miles from the Afgan frontier, pre-
paratory to.an advance on Khamiab.
The Russian Government has prohi-
bited the sale of the drama written by
Consul Tolstoi for general circulation
| and entitled the Power Of Darkness"
The bill fixing duty on imported
cattle passed in the Belgian Chamber
Of Deputies with amendments exempt
ing cattle intended for Incorporation.
It is reported that the Dominion
Government has forwarded instructions
to the fisheries cruisers to re-
main in port until further orders are re-
| ceived.
The Russian rubleis lower than it
was even during the Russo-Turkish
war, 10 rubles 80 copecks being re-
quired to buy 81 sterling, which smells
of war.
A congress Of English-speaking Ro-
man Catholics will meet in London
shortly to discuss religious progress,
labor and capital, temperance, and
other subjects.
A Scoth woman of Perth is going in
for record. She means to wheel her
S-months-old infant from that city to
London in a very short space of time If
she is allowed to.
The Vatican is negotiating with
France relative to the appointment of a
successor to Mgr. Rotelli as Papal rep
resentatise at Constantinople. Rotelli
is now Nuhcio at Paris.
Herr Nordenfeldt is about to sign q
contract with the Hungarian Govern
ment for the establishment of factory
ut Pcsth for the manufacture Of small
arms. The capital of the concern will
be 100000 fiorins.
| The Spanish Minister of Foreign At
fairs has informed Congress that it is
improbable that a commercial treaty
between the West Indies and the Uni
Il
ernmeDt is not inclined to enter upon a
tariff war.
Lawrence Barrett at the close of his
New York season at the end Of this
month will go to his country place at
Cohasset with his family. who have re-
turned from Europe. He will there
rest unit. he starts next season, playing
with Edwin Booth.
| T. Henry French has sold the rights
for this country of David ID. Lloyd's
comedy ..For Congress. in which the
late John 7. Raymond made one of
the greatest hits Of his life. to William
Burlington, formerly of Mr.. Raymond 5
company. Mr.. Cullington will star in
the play next season.
Victor Emmanuel's monument in the
Pantheon of Naples consists of huge
bornze tablet. seven feet high and six
teen feet long. surmounted by a Roman
eagle which measures ten feet in breath
of wing. The whole is made bronze
of old cannons. The single inscription
is: .Victor Emmanuel L.. Father Of
. The country.
i 1t is thought that Sees. 2 and 3 of
the Interstate Commerce law will
reach the unreasonable passenger dis
elimination that has been practiced on
Southern lines toward colored people.
An aggravated case Of this kind on the
Western Atlantic Railroad is reported,
in which colored preacher was
violently assaulted and compelled to 60
into the coach set apart for "niggers. "
: 1t is probable that the matter will be
brought before the Interstate Com
mission.